Advanced Political Economy 2

Term:
Fall 2011

Subject Code:
GECO

Course Number:
6205

This
course will survey major topics and controversies in comtemporary political
economy, including Marxian, classical and other heterodox perspectives, with a
major emphasis on the use of theory to develop workable economic research. The topics covered will include: recent
controversies over the labor theory of value and the transformation problem,
Marxian/classical growth models and their relation to other heterodox traditions, the
Marxian/classical theory of finance, productive and unproductive labor in the
comtemporary world economy, environmental political economy with a focus on
global warming and limits to growth, and the theory of socialism. Prerequisites: GECO 6200, GECO 6202, GECO 6204, or
permission of the instructor.